Currently, the Terran Confederation is 20 years into the game, playing with real stars and gates on all points (no jump drives). Found three Terran normal worlds within 5 jumps of Sol, 7 total colony worlds. System next door to Sol is named Bonanza, for the googleplex of minerals sitting on the seven (!) mineral rich worlds there. The biggest problem facing the Confederation is not enough revenue. We simply cant seem to generate enough wealth to keep research running full tilt along with industry and moderate ship building. Its proving to be a serious issue, but the government is reluctant to cut back on research right now. Huge amounts have been spent on improving the economy, but we consistently have issues with periods of economic stagnation.
Only one discovered NPR so far, the friendly NPR and I are on trading terms. One Methane breathing race is lurking in the outer fringes of explored space, but no contact yet. I am HATING the Swarm, found them in five systems so far, and have only cleaned out two. Lost a bunch of ships on the 2nd encounter due to them be RIGHT on top of the jump point. Ouch! Lost half the battle fleet, the most important loss being the fleet collier, as there arent any shipyards capable of building it, as they are in the process of upgrading the current warfleet to more advanced models. Double ouch.
Still finding robotic ships sailing the void in several systems most have been dispatched easily, two more distant systems still have guardians, but both systems have nothing of interest in them. The Rhakshasas (Precursors) are dangerous, but we haven't seen a large fleet of them for the last 10 years. Mining is going well, industry and transforming are proceeding along. Mars has 23 million people on it, as well as some auto-mines and research stations.
The military consists of two Battle Squadrons of two missile cruisers, three missile destroyers, one area defense cruiser, and two point defense destroyers, one collier, and one tanker. The battle fleets are complimented by three patrol squadrons of three fast attack missile frigates each, with a further two system defense FAC squadrons, and three large fighter stations hosting six squadrons of fighters.
Current Naval Headquarters concerns are that there are insufficent combat assets in the Battle Squadrons to deal with the Swarm and Rhakshasa naval assets encountered. More ominously, the friendly Mostoles Cartel is fielding a similar sized warfleet, while their civilian shipping and government cargo sector is five times that of the Confederacy.